Forged car-truck side frame.



W. D. FORSYTH.

FORGED GAB TRUCK sum FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31,1912.

2 BKEETHHBET l.

W. D. PORSYTH. FORGED CAR TRUCK SIDE FRAME.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 31, 1912.

1,063,867, Patented June 3, 1913.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED STATES PATEN T @FFIEE.

WILLIAM D. FORSYTH, OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO ALEXANDER M. NEEPER, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

FORGED CAR-TRUCK SIDE FRAME.

1 .oeaser.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 3, 1913.

Application filed July 31, 1912. Serial No. 712,434.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, \VILLIAM D. FORSYTH, of the city of Youngstowmcounty of Mahoning, and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Forged Car-Truck -Side Frames, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to forged car-truck side frames and the appurtenances thereto necessary to attach them to the trucks of the cars with which they are used.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a forged car-truck side frame in which the compression and tension members are integral with each other and the means of attaching said car-truck side frame to journal-boxes and trucks of the cars upon which they are to be used shall be forgings; also to provide a car-truck side frame, which when equipped with its. attachments, can be affixed to different cars without dismantling the trucks and car-truck side frames and their respective attachments to the extent now necessary to make such changes; also to provide a frame with greater clearance between the bottom of the tension member and the top of the rail than is now afforded trucks in common use; also to afford a cartruck side frame consisting of a forging of greater strength, cheaper, quicker manufacture, and of more efficiency than cast-steel side car-truck frames and frames in which the tension members are se its distinct parts and not integral with emu other, etc., etc.

This invention consists in a forged cartruck side frame and the appurtenances thereof, hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the metal shape from which a forged car-truck side frame is made. Fig. 2 shows the shape shown in elevation in Fig. 1, with parts thereof -cut away and slit -preparatory to the forging of the car-truck side frame. Fig. 3 is an end view of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 shows an elevation of the forging of which the forged car-truck side frame consists. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the forged car-truck side frame as completed, with journal boxes, springsoand bolster of a car shown in connection therewith, with the Wheels of the car shown in dotted lines. Fig. 6 is a top plan view of Fig. 5 with the lines of the forged car-truck side frame shown solidly, the other parts of Fig. 5, shown in Fig. 6, being in dotted lines. Fig. 7 is an end view of Fig. 5 showing the lines of the forged car-truck side frame solidly, the other parts of Fig. 5 in dotted lines and a brake-hanger in dotted lines also.

Like figures of reference refer to like parts throughout.

In Fig. 1, 1 is a rolled metal shape, preferably of steel, having a web 2, a top flange 3 and a bottom flange 4. \Veb 2, of metal shape 1, is cut away at its ends, between top flange 3 and bottom flange 4, substantially as shown in Fig. 2; and top flange 3 is cut away at both of its ends so as to be shorter than bottom flange 4, substantially as shown in Fig. 2. Longitudinal slit 5, parallel to medial line 1, its top being coincident with slit 5, its bottom coincident with the top of bottom flange 4, its sides with the lines 6', 6.

Aftenthe metal shape 1 has undergone the operations necessary to bring it to the con dition shown in Fig. 2, it is heated and by means of suitable apparatus the opening 6 therein is expanded in direction substantially at right angles to flanges 3 and 4 so as to take the form of bolster opening 7 shown in Fig. 4, and so that the flanges 3 and 4 respectively take the forms of compression member 3' and tension member 4' shown in Fig. 4. Bolster opening 7 is surrounded-by parts of web 2," Fig. 4. \Vhen the web of the side frame is hereinafter referred to and in the claims hereof, it is intended that web 2, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 shall be indicated. Indication herein of parts of web 2 by reference figures 2, 2". and 11 is purely for convenience and for designating the parts of tension member 4 and compression member 3.

Tension member 3' comprises all of the upper flange 3 of the metal shape 1 formed by the forming and expanding operations above referred to, so as to have the following members: a central horizontal part 8; inclined parts 9, 9; and ends 10, 10; said ends 10, 10, being connected to horizontal part 8 by said inclined parts 9, 9, substantially as shown in Fig. 4'. Said compression member 3 also has a continuous web, which consists of parts of theoriginal web 2 of part 1, which are marked 2, 2, in Fig. 4, which is peculiar to said compression member and webs 11, 11, (parts of web 2) which it has in common with'tension member it. The compression member 3 has holes in its ends 10, 10, marked 12,-12.

Tension member 1 has the following parts: a horizontalpart 13; webbed inclined parts 1-21, 14, which have disconnected webs 2", 2, (which are parts of web 2) peculiar to themselves and webs 11, 11, (which are parts of web 2) in common with compression member 3; and end parts 15, 15, which have no webs, but which are bent from the end of web part l so as to conform to the edge of web 11 and to be parallel to end 10 of compression member 3'. Said end parts .15, 15, have holes 16, 16, 1G, 16, which in connection with holes 12, 12, 12, 12, of the compression member 3' afford the means of the attachment to the fran'le of the bolts for aflixing the journal boxes thereto as hereinafter described. Holes 1T, 1T, 17, 17 in web 2 of compression member 3 and holes 18, 18, 18, 18, in webs 2, 2", of tension member 4'. afford the means for allixing bolts to said webs for holding the bolster standards as hereinafter described.

19, Fig, 5, represents a forging having a flange 2t) and holes for the reception of rivets 21, 21, 21, 21. the rivet holes registering with holes 17, 17, and 18, 18, of the webs of the compression members 3' and 4;. Four of said forgings 19 are riveted to the webs of the compression member 3 and the tension member 4', as shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7, and afford the means for the recep tion and retention of bolster 21 on the cartruck side frame hereinafter described and claimed.

22, 22, are two angles which are riveted to forgings 19 by rivets 23, 23, or fastened thereto by equivalent means, proper means being afiixed to bolster 21' at said angles 22! 22, to accommodate springs 24, 21. It will be noted that the opening between forgings 19, 19, is wider from the top of part 13 of tension member 1 to angles 25, 25, in said forgings, than it is from angle 25, 25, to web 2 of tension member 3 at the top of the opening between said forgings in F ig. 5. The wide opening below said angles 25 permits bolster 21 to be passed between said forgings and when supported above angles 25 by springs 24 said bolster is retained between said forgings 19, 19, because the end of the bolster is wider than the opening 7 above said angles 2 25, of said forgings 19, 19. See F ig. 6. Holes are made through said forgings 19 for the reception of ends 26 of brake-hanger pins 27: said brake-hanger pins having slots 28, for the reception of rake-hanger 29, see Fig. 7 and its key 30. Forging 19 has a lug' 31 in which hole 32 is made to accommodate rivet .23 by which angle 22 is fastened to said forging 19. See Fig. 7

A bracket arm 33 is fastened by ri\et 31 through hole in inclined am 11 of tensicn men'iber t, and is furnished with huh-s 36, 36, through which extend journal box bolts 37, 37, having nuts -38, SS. 39, 39 are journal boxes atiixed between the ends of the car truck side frame and its bracket arm 33, substantially as shown in Fig.

hat: I claim as my invention is:

1. A new article of manufacture, a forg ing for a car truck side frame made from a single piece of metal, having a web integral with two parallel flanges of diti'ercut lengths and shorter than both flanges, said web having an opening therein formcd in cutting away a part of the same about midway be tween the ends of thelonger flange and substantially along its top surface and under and along a line about midwa between said flanges; said web being expanded in direction substantially at right angles to riltl flanges. said longer ilange being bent at both ends so as to contact with and conform to the free edges of said web and the under sides of the ends of the short; ilangc.

2. A new article of manufa ture. a forging for a *ar truck side frame made from a single piece of metal, having a web integral with two parallel flanges of ditlerent lengths and shorter than both flanges. said web haw ing an opening therein formed b cutting away a part of the same about midway hotween the ends of the hunger flange and sub stantially along its top surfa e and under and along a line about midway between aid flanges: said web being expanded in directi'o-n substantially at right angles to said flanges; said longer flange being bent at both ends so as to contact with and conform to the free edges of said web and the under sides of the ends of the short flange: and two brackets or arms aflixed to one of said flanges. one at each end of said forging formed and extended so that the endstlwreof are substantially parallel to the extended ends of said flanges.

3. A car truck side frame made from a single piece of metal, having a web integral with two parallel flanges of difl'erent lengths and shorter than both flanges, said web having an opening therein formed by cutting away a part of the same about mid my between the ends of the longer flange and substantially along its top surface and under and along a line about midway between said flanges; said web being expanded in direction substantially at right angles to said flanges; said longer flange being bent at both ends so as to contact with and conform to the free edges of said web and the under sides of the ends of the short flange; and means for the reception and. retention of a b'olster aflix d to sa d web in substantially flanges; said web being vertical position so as to provide guides for said bolster.

4. A car truck side frame made from a single piece of metal, having a web integral with two parallel flanges of different lengths and shorter than both flanges, said web having an opening therein formed by cutting away a part of the same about midway between the ends of the longer, flange and substantially along its top surface and under and along a line about midway between said expanded in direction substantially at right angles to said flanges, said longer flange being bent at both ends so as to contact with and conform to the free edges of said web and the under sides of the ends of the short flange; means for the reception and retention of a bolster aflixed to said web in substantially vertical position so as to provide guides for said holster; and means at each end of said frame for affixing journal boxes thereto.

5. A new article of manufacture, a forging for a car truck side frame made from a single piece of metal, having a web integral with two parallel flanges of different and shorter than both flanges, said web having an opening therein formed by cutting away a part of the same about midway between the ends of the longer flange and substantially along its top surface and under and along a line about midway between said flanges; said web being expanded in direction substantially at right angles to said flanges, said longer flange being bent at both ends so as to contact with and conform to the free edges of said web and the under sides of the ends of the short flange; and two bracketsor arms affixed to the under side of the long flange, one at each end of said forging and formed and extended so that the ends thereof shall be substantially parallel to the extended ends of said flanges.

(i. A car truck side frame made from a single piece of metal, having a web integral with two parallel flanges of different lengths and shorter than both flanges, said web having an opening therein formed by cutting away a part of the same about midway between the cnds of the longer flange and substantially along its top surface and under and along a line about midway between said flanges; said web being expanded in direction substantially at right angles to said flanges, said longer flange being bent at both ends so as form to the free edges of said web and the under sides of the ends of the short flange; means for the reception and retention of a holster affixed to said web in substantially vertical position so as to provide guides for said bolster; two brackets or arms affixed to lhe und rside of the long flange, one at each (1.? all said frame, and formed and extended the ends thereof shall be substanlengths Y points in the sides of to contact with and con-' tially parallel to the extended ends of said flanges; and means at each end of said frame for affixing journal boxes thereto.

7. A car truck side frame made from a single piece of metal, having a compression member, a tension member longer than said compression member, said members being connected by a web having a bolster opening made therein by expanding said web in direction substantiallv at right angles to said members; said web extending continuously along said compression member between points distant from its ends and in two parts along said tension member between points distant from its ends and points in the sides of said bolster opening.

8. A car truck side frame made from a single piece of metal, having a compression member, a tension member longer than said compression member, said members being connected by a web having a bolster opening made therein by expanding said web in direction substantially at right angles to said members; said web ext-ending continuously along said compression member between points distant from its ends and in two parts along said tension member between points distant from its ends and points in the sides of said bolster opening, both ends of the compression member being bent to contact with the outer edges ofsaid web and the ends of -the compression member. I

9. car truck side frame made from-a single member, a tension member compression member, said members being connected by aweb having a bolster o ing made therein by expanding said we in direction substantially at right angles to said members; said web extending continuously along said compression member "between points distant from its ends and. in two parts along said tension member between points distant from its ends and said bolster opening, both ends of the compression member bein bent to contact with the outer edges of sai web and the ends of the compressio -"memher; and two brackets or arms aflixe to one of said members, one at each end of said forging formed and extended so that the ends thereof are substantially parallel to the extended ends of said flanges.

10. A car truck side frame made from a I single piece of metal, having a compression member, a tension membe longer than said compression member, saielmembers being connected by a web having a bolster 0 ening made therein by expandin said we in direction substantially said members; said web extending continuously along said compressionember he tween points distant; two parts alon tween points,

from its ends and in said tension member bepiece of metal, having a compression longer than said too" at, right angles to istant from its ends and points in the sides of said bolster opening, both ends of the compression member being bent to contact with the outer edges of said web and the ends of the compression memher; and means for the reception and retention of a bolster aflixed to said web in sub stantially vertical position so as to provide guides for said bolster.

11. A car truck side frame made from a single piece of metal, having a compression member, a tension member longer than said compression member, said members, being connected by a web having a bolster open ing made therein by expanding said web in direction substantially at right angles to said members; said web extending continuously along said compression member between points distant from its ends and in two parts along said tension member between points distant from its ends and points in the sides of said bolster opening, both ends of the compression member being bent to contact with the outer edges of said web and the ends of the compression member; means for the. reception and retention of a bolster afiixed to said web in substantially vertical position so as to provide guides for said bolster; and means at'eaeh end of said frame for allixing journal boxes thereto. f a

12; A cartrnck-side frame made from a single piece of metal, haying a compressionmember, 'a tension j member longer than said compression member, said members being connected by a web having a bolster opening made therein by expanding said web in direction' stibstantiallyat r1 ht angles to said members; said webexten ing' continuously along said foo Impression member between points distant from it'sends and in "two partsalong said tension :me'mber' betwe en points distant from its ends and- 'po'intszinltlie sides of said bolster opening, both ends of the compression member being bent to contact with the outer edges of said web and the ends ot' the compression member; and two brackets or arms afiixed to the under side of the tension member, one at each end of said forgin and formed and extended so that the en s thereof shall be substantially parallel to the extended ends of said members.

' 13. A car truck side'frame made from a single pieceof metal, having a compression member, a tension member longer than said compression member, said members being connected by a web having abols ter opening made therein by expanding said web in direction substantially at right angles to said members; said web extending continuously along said compression member between points distant from its ends and in two parts along said tension member between points distant from its ends and points in the sides of said bolster opening, both ends of the compression member being bent to contact with the outer edges of said web and the ends of the compression member; meansfor the reception and retention of a bolster atlixed to said web in substantially vertical 70. bolster; two brackets or 'armsafli'xed to thd I underside of the tension member one at eachend of said frame, and formedand extendt "so that the end'slthereof shall be subst-am,

tially parallel to theextelnded-ends of-said-j members; and means at each end off ea-id;

positionsoas to provide guides for-said frame for atlixing journal boxes thereto,

my hand in the presence of'two'subscribing witnesses.

M. E. THoMAs, A. M. ,NEEPER.

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